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LEED Reviews: Innovation and the Internationalisation of Local Economies

22-Aug-2007

This review series aims to assist policy makers to develop local strategies and programmes to promote competitiveness in the globalising knowledge economy through strengthening innovation and internationalisation. Cities and regions interested in participating in this series, are invited to contact the OECD Secretariat.

Vienna Action Statement on Partnerships

17-Jul-2007

The Action Statement provides guidelines for government to stimulate vertical and cross-sector co-ordination around local economic and employment development issues. 

OECD Review on "Clusters and Entrepreneurship"

03-Jul-2007

This study was carried out in 2007.  An OECD publication will be released in June 2008 with a set of recommendations on how best to adapt the policy framework to enhance the entrepreneurship and cluster development in a given area.  This review draws on an in-depth analysis of the Grenoble cluster in France and other six international clusters across the OECD. 

Strengthening entrepreneurship and local economic development in East Germany

22-Jan-2007

This co-operative project between the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs and the OECD provides an opportunity for participants in East Germany to stand back and reflect on their overall options, needs and priorities and by facilitating an international exchange of information on innovations and best practices from a range of OECD Member countries.

Developed countries must do more to integrate immigrant workers, says OECD

05-Dec-2006

Well-managed immigration flows offer benefits both for host countries and for migrants and their families. But the effective integration of immigrants into the societies of the countries where they settle is crucial, and this requires commitment and action at national and local level.

OECD Employment Outlook 2006: Boosting Jobs and Incomes

19-Jun-2006

This year's edition of the Employment Outlook provides analysis covering 30 countries and presents a reassessment of the OECD Jobs Strategy which was discussed at the High-Level Policy Conference: Boosting Jobs and Incomes - Toronto Canada.

LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance

14-Sep-2005

The Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour supports the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance. The Forum builds on the expertise and the informal networks developed by the OECD and seeks ways to optimise the contribution of partnership structures to local governance and the effectiveness of policies.

LEED project: Integrating employment, skills and economic development

15-Jun-2005

This activity focuses on how the related policy areas be better integrated to maximise benefits for the economy and society in general, fostering business development, the enhancement of skills  and social inclusion. Participating countries include Canada, Greece, Italy, Poland, the USA, Bulgaria, and Romania with the project also receiving support from the European Commission. Countries are invited to express their interest in participating in these reviews.


Events

Experts meeting - Employment and Skills Strategies in South-East Asia (ESSSA): Indonesia and the Philippines

on 03-Dec-2008

The ILO and the OECD jointly organised an experts meeting on fostering employment and skills development strategies in Indonesia and the Philippines, as part of OECD LEED’s initiative on Employment and Skills Development in South East Asia (ESSSA), in Jakarta on 3 December 2008. The meeting addressed issues of decentralisation, partnerships, skills upgrading and integration of the disadvantaged in the labour market and learn the lessons from the OECD experience in these areas.

Inter-Agency Conference on Local Economic Development (LED), Turin, Italy

from 22-Oct-2008 to 24-Oct-2008

The ILO in collaboration with the OECD LEED Programme is organising an inter-agency conference on local economic development, meant to take stock of practices around the world and develop a joint strategy for knowledge development and networking. The event will involve several agencies such as UN-HABITAT, UNIDO, UNCDF, SDC (LEDNA), GTZ and IADB.

Conference on "Partnerships for Social Inclusion", Melbourne, Australia

from 15-Oct-2008 to 16-Oct-2008

Increasing social inclusion requires a joined-up approach that cuts across policy departments. The public sector should re-think the way it operates, moving from a traditional hierarchical model to one characterised by multi-sectoral partnerships and flexibility in policy delivery. These topics will be discussed at this conference co-organised by the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Melbourne, the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development and the OECD LEED Programme.

Final Seminar on "Strategic Planning and Evaluation for Regional and Local Development in Latvia", Riga, Latvia

on 17-Jun-2008

This seminar presented and debated the result of work undertaken by the OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme on how best to support the design, implementation and evaluation of local development strategies in Latvia.

OECD conference on labour market policy, Venice, Italy, 17-19 April 2008

from 17-Apr-2008 to 19-Apr-2008

Should central government leave economic and employment development to local policy makers? Employment ministers from OECD countries, including Finland, Italy, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States, will address such questions at a conference in Venice, Italy, from 17-19 April 2008.

Conference on "Decentralisation and Co-ordination: The Twin Challenges of Labour Market Policy", Venice, Italy

from 17-Apr-2008 to 19-Apr-2008

This high-level conference was organised by the Senate and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of Italy and the OECD LEED Programme, in collaboration with Italia Lavoro and Isfol.  It took stock of 10 years of decentralisation since the initial Venice conference which the LEED Programme organised in 1998 at the request of the Italian government.

Financing Local Development: Understanding the Role of Mutual Credit and Co-Operative Banks

on 23-Nov-2007

This international conference was organised by the OECD LEED Programme, in partnership with the French Inter-ministerial Delegation for Innovation, Social Experimentation and Social Economy, the National Co-operation Group and in co-operation with the Eurogroup Institute. The event was a unique occasion to discuss co-operative banks' recent developments and to analyse the challenges with which the sector is confronted.

OECD LEED Conference on “Perspectives on Strengthening Entrepreneurship in East Germany”, Berlin, Germany

on 27-Nov-2007

The conference was part of the project "Strengthening Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in East Germany" that the OECD LEED Programme has undertaken since 2005 in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Housing, Land, Construction, Transport and Urban Affairs, with the participation of the 6 eastern Länder.

Designing effective employment strategies through Local Economic Development in China, Beijing

on 26-Apr-2007

The Chinese Ministry of Labour and Social Security, the LEED Programme and the ILO organised a joint workshop on local economic and employment development strategies. The event took place within the framework of the LEED project on the Local Governance of Employment and Skills in East Asia. The workshop discussed strategies and initiatives in  China and experts shared diverse lessons learned from OECD countries such as France, New Zealand and the United States. A report on the workshop is available.



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